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Hurrah to Chuck!! So many people insist on sticking colons before
any bulleted list, even when the intro ends in a preposition. Blech.
Chuck Martin wrote:
>
> The answer to your question is "no."
>
> However, in your example, you would not use a colon.
>
> At 09:24 AM 8/14/97 +0300, Lauren Gotlieb wrote:
> >Hello all,
> >I have a question about introducing bulleted lists. Does the phrase before
> >the list need to be a complete sentence? I generally write:
> > "You use blah-blah to:
> >*
> >*
> >*..."
> >Is this incorrect?
> >TIA,
> >Lauren Gotlieb
> >
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